The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-09-21
Battery "B" promises to again become one
of the stand-bys Of the Detroit Club.


Battery "B" promises to again become one
OF the stand-b ys Of the Detroit Club.
THE BOSTON CLUB.
The Boston Club management seems to
be in a peck of trouble with its players.
The other day nine Of the men were fined
S25 each for alleged loose habits, and now
pitcher Radbourn has been suspended.
The official notification from the directors
informed Radbourn that he was Indefinite
ly suspended because his work had not
been satisfactory. That don't give me o
very good idea of what l am to expect"
said Rad, in commenting upon his suspen-
sion the other day. This afternoon I
asked them if / am suspended for the rest
of the season. but they were not ready to
tell me. i should like TO know il am go
ing West with the team. If am suspended
for the rest of the season l should like to
know it, so that can go home. There Is
no use of my loafng around here.
"Was anything said to you after the game
about not trying TO do your best?'
Not word. The only reason given for
my suspension is that my work has not
been satisfactory. but I'll tell you what IL
looks like. 1t looks very much like
scheme to save part of my salary. have
done my best every time l stepped into
that box. That is what l signed contract
played. They agreed to give me SO much
money for pitching whenever and as often
as l was needed. l have always been per-
fectly willing to pitch when in condition.
They made the contract without q kick,
and if they feel that they have not got
their moneys worth il is not my fault. L
have lived up to my part of it. which was
to play ball as we'll as l knew how for the
Boston Club. 1t has been impossible for
rae to pitch as we'll under the new rules as
under the old ones"
Then Won think the change hurt your"
at certainly did, just as it did many Of
the pitchers. There was Mickey Welsh.
He has been off and on all summer. Many
of the games that have been lost with me
in the box were not due 10 poor pitching,
but you can't convince the public of that.
They have got down on me and have intius
enoed Che directors, as was natural" Dur
ing further conversation Radbourn said
"One thing is very sure. If / am not
treated squarely in money matters there will
be trouble. Oh, no; l shall do nothing
personally. That will be unnecessary. We
have brotherhood now"
NOTES AND COMMENT.
Ryan, of the Chicagos, is falling off in
his fielding.
Dell Darling has sprouted moustache.
Williamson is @ great favorite at home
and in the East
Jim Whitney has made four put-outs fs.is
season.
over 100000 people have attended the
Boston game this season.
Mccormick, of Pit.sburg, is laid up with
rheumat SIN and boils.
The Detroit cranks have presented Getz-
Elm with $500 gold watch and chain.
A. G.. Spalding Il Bros, the base ball
h., 1 II. I'LL To- 90
year, or enough of them TO reach from
Philadelphia to New York if strung upon
wire side by side. They also made and
sold twenty-five miles of bats.
Manager Watkins, of the Detroits. is try
ing to get up team TO take to California
this winter. 1t includes Getzein and Con-
way pitchers, Bennett catcher, Brouthers,
Dunlap, Richardson, Hanlon, and Thomp-
son. number of those mentioned are
disinclined 10 go, as they think they would
rather rest during the winter.
President Soden, OF the Boston Club,
says that Detroit has an average attendance
at home games of about twelve or fifteen
hundred persons. They want to keep up
their big club, with all its high priced
players, and let New York, Chicago, Bos-
ton, and Philadelr hia pay for them"
Soden bitterly opposes the percentage plan.
Il have umpired for both organizations,
and let me tell Won the League is away
ahead of the Association" said Umpire
Daniels. "To begin with, the League has
better batters. and its players see and play
much finer points. The st. Louis Browns2
Yes, they are a wonderful team, but the
Detroits can win from them by virtue Of
superior batting"
This talk about grand stand players, SO
often used to disparage a good play by B
member OF team, ought TO be shelved.
A player who puts forth his best effort to
effect difficult catch, or makes a grand
slide to reach base, OF, in fact, does any,
thing sc to advance the interests of his
side, deserves applause. He may work for
the benefit of the grand stand, but the
spectators like him just as long as he helps
his side. Cincinnati Enquirer.